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Bowden Will Distance Himself From FSU in Retirement

By Jim HenryDec 8th 2009 – 7:52PM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Bobby Bowden may have lost his job after 34 years, but he certainly hasn't lost his sense of humor. Bowden chuckled and joked he's hopeful a convenience store could use him after Florida State's game against West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. "I don't want to sit there and do nothing....

Big Ten Notebook: Buckeyes Back in Control in Title Race

By Mark HastyNov 11th 2009 – 12:00PM

One little loss to Northwestern can change everything. Iowa looked like the team to beat in the Big Ten title race, but now that it has fallen to the Wildcats and Ohio State has beaten Penn State, all the momentum has moved back to Columbus. Technically, both the Hawkeyes and Buckeyes control their own destiny. Whichever...

Happy Trails No More for Hawkeyes

By Mark HastyNov 7th 2009 – 5:17PM

We finally figured out what sort of misfortune Iowa's Cardiac Kids couldn't survive. They couldn't survive losing Ricky Stanzi. As a result, No. 8 Iowa fell to unranked Northwestern on Saturday, 17-10. The junior quarterback left just before halftime after Northwestern's Corey Wootton tackled him in the end zone. Stanzi...

Pickin' On the Big Ten: Is the Peter Principle Making Illinois Ill?

By Mark HastyOct 8th 2009 – 11:30AM

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten stays late to run the TPS reports on the coming weekend's games. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. The above statement is better known as the Peter Principle, and if it doesn't make sense to you, join the club. I didn't get it the...

Pickin' On the Big Ten: Can Anybody Here Coach This Game?

By Mark HastySep 10th 2009 – 12:30PM

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, even when the truth is ugly. It was a bad week for vowels. The seven Big Ten schools whose names start with consonants played anywhere from OK to brilliantly this past weekend. The four that start with vowels -- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio State...

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Penn State Elects New Trustees After Jerry Sandusky Scandal Aftermath

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 06th 2012 - 05:55PM

Penn State alumni elected three new members to the university board of trustees, including a well-known former football player who recovered from a spinal cord injury and a businessman who has criticized the board's actions after Jerry Sandusky's arrest in a child sex-abuse scandal.

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WATCH: Did Ashton Kutcher's 'Brownface' Ad Go Too Far?

By The Huffington Post May 02nd 2012 - 05:12PM

A new "viral campaign" (read: advertisement) for Pop Chips that features Ashton Kutcher impersonating a "Bollywood producer" who's "looking for the most delicious thing on the planet" has generated a great deal of controversy.

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  • 05/27/12 PSU's Paterno, Spanier made over $1M in 2011 Source: Sports Illustrated STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Penn State University has made public a report that shows fired football coach Joe Paterno and former president Graham Spanier each earned more than $1 million in compensation last year.
  • 05/06/12 Penn State Elects New Trustees After Jerry Sandusky... Source: The Huffington Post Penn State alumni elected three new members to the university board of trustees, including a well-known former football player who recovered from a spinal cord injury and a businessman who has criticized the board's actions after Jerry Sandusky's arrest in a child sex-abuse scandal.
  • 05/02/12 WATCH: Did Ashton Kutcher's 'Brownface' Ad Go Too Far? Source: The Huffington Post - Culture A new "viral campaign" (read: advertisement) for Pop Chips that features Ashton Kutcher impersonating a "Bollywood producer" who's "looking for the most delicious thing on the planet" has generated a great deal of controversy.

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